02 March 2014

Twenty Years Old Review

Title: Twenty Years Old

AKA: 20’s / 20 Years Old

Genre: Romance

Episodes: 4

Broadcast period: Jan-2014 to
Jan-2014

Cast: Lee Ki Kwang, Lee Da
In, Kim Hye Ji and Kang Tae Oh.

After getting her
heart broken by her sunbae whom she had been admiring and crushing on Kim Hye
Rim (Lee Da In), goes through a self-pity crisis, not caring how she look, and
eating all the fast food available. When her roommate and best friend sees it,
she takes her to a concert where the performing artists are BEAST, where one of
the members in Lee Ki Kwang (Lee Ki Kwang) whom Hye Rim had gone to middle
school with. But what Hye Rim doesn’t tell her roommate is that was her best
friend and first love, who had taken a kiss from her but didn’t man up to it.

After the concert she
by accident makes a fool of herself in front of Ki Kwang, but he seems not to
remember her, until she gets a message from him. This becomes the love story of
an idol and regular person..

Wow: that is all I can
think of. Not that it was a groundbreaking drama, but it was well acted and so
honest I think I completely fell for it. It is only 4 episodes of 20 min, but
it somehow felt complete, even though I really wouldn’t mind more episodes. Ki
Kwang was adorable and surprisingly good - I don’t remember him being this good
of an actor. And the female lead Lee Da In was great too, really well acted.

I like that the story
had a true feel, like not with the typical Korean drama feel, but somehow it
felt like we were watching a real-life story.